THE HAVEN OF TECUANAPA 



government of Fernando de Avila, which may be from 

 Tecuanapa i8. leagues. They speake the Amusgan 

 tongue. The countrey is hotte : it standeth on the 

 high way from Nicieca : it hath 400. Indians, few more 

 or lesse. 



These are all the townes of account situate neere this 

 river. 



Neere upon this river are two farmes, the one belong- 

 ing to Pedro Bravo, and the other to him that maketh 

 this relation unto your Excellencie, which may be from 

 the sea some 8. or 9. leagues all plaine ground. And in 

 this territorie there is but one towne called Quesala Quesala. 

 situate upon the river, and 6. leagues from the sea ; 

 which in times past hath beene a great towne, and nowe 

 hath but three Indians onely, and it is from the farmes 

 3. leagues. 



The mansion house of Don Mattheo is more toward 

 the South, standing in a large mountainous and waste 

 countrey, which aboundeth with cattell being 3. leagues 

 from the river ; and as farre from Tecuanapa, as from the 

 place where all the cattell is ; and the sea that way is 

 from it but one league. 



A little below this mansion about 4. leagues, and 7. 

 leagues from the sea, is a garden of Alonso Pedraza which 

 beareth Cacao. 



And 2. leagues from this garden and 6. leagues from 

 the sea standeth the towne of Cuahintlan belonging to the Cuah'mtlan 

 king, a towne of 19 housholds, but very rich, for they delRey, 

 gather much Cacao and the best in that countrey. They 

 speake the Tlapanecan tongue. This towne hath the sea 

 that way within halfe a league. 



And this coast from Cuahintlan to Tecuanapa, and the 

 coast which runneth to Huatulco is a coast of much Huatuko or 

 pearle, for in olde time the Indians orathered much pearle ^^^^^^^^° ^^ 



there. 'o If /Xf 



And 2. leagues from Cuahintlan and 4. from Tecuanapa 

 is a garden of Cacao in the landes of Francisco Mal- 

 donado, which is called Cacahu-Atoyaque. 



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